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Little Matter That the
Lawyers Overlooked
Judge Smith sat on the Circuit
bench in Missouri many years ago. He
was known far and wide as one of the
most patient and long-suffering judges
in the sKafe. Procedure in his court
was and easy, and gross indeed
was ite offense if it called forth a re
buke from Judge Smith.
On one case it is told that the op
posing lawyers settled down to their
arguments before the jury without any
time limitations and with a bountiful
supply of chewing tobacco. While one
argued the other chewed, and while
the second one talked the first caught
up with his chewing. The two law
yers talked from eight o’clock one
morning until after six o'clock that af
ternoon. The jury listened patiently
and the judge alternately slept and
read. At last, however, the lawyers
announced that they were through
with their pleadings,
“And now, gentlemen of the Jury,"
Judge Smith began, “these two gentle
men have spoken long and eloquently
on the law in this case. However, you
are not to take into consideration one
way or the other any of their argu
ments on this point of law. The last
legislature repealed the law, anyway!”
—Kansas City Star.
Hair-Net Industry in
China Is Extensive
The hair-net business in China lias
had quite a history. It was estab
lished originally by Germans, who im
ported the nets from Chefoo into Ger
many and then exported them to the
■United States as European-made hair
nets. There is still considerable ex
port of human-hair nets from China
to European countries.
When direct trade in human-hair
nets was taken up with China, large
quantities of Imperfect, under-sized,
and generally poor nets were export
ed. This finally resulted in the estab
lishment in Chefoo and Tsinan, by
the foreign and a few larger Chinese
exporters, of hair-net inspection fac
tories, some employing as many as
1,000 operatives, where hair-net car
goes are inspected and, if necessary,
the nets repaired before being shipped.
The net-making itself is a home or
“cottage” industry; the hair is dis
tributed around in the various vil
lages—in the hinterland of Chefoo
and in the region of the Shantung
railway—and the nets usually pass
through the hands of several Chinese
middlemen before they are offered by
the Chinese dealers to exporters.
Most Dangerous Big Game
As fierce as the tiger and more fero
cious than the Hon, the African ele
phant is known by many big-game
hunters as the most dangerous of wild
animals. Although its Indian cousin
has been a servant of man for thou
sands of years and delights crowds at
circuses throughout the countries
where carnivals are popular, there is
not a single recorded instance of the
African elephant being tamed. A
training camp was established in Con
go several years ago in the hope of
teaching them to work, but the at
tempt failed. The African elephant
sometimes bulks thrice as big as most
Asiatic specimens seen at a circus, ac
cording to hunters. Their intelligence
and cunning are amazing. They also
possess a keen sense of smell, being
able to detect the presence of a man
at least 1,000 yards away. At the
crash of a gun, they stampede, fading
almost noiselessly, in spite of their
huge bulk, into the jungle grasses.—
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Jewish Sanhedrim
The Sanhedrim was the supreme na
tional council of the Jews, traditionally
supposed to have been Instituted by
Moses, but more probably founded by
Ezra, after the return from the cap
tivity (536 B. C.). It is first men
tioned by Josephus, in connection with
the reign of John Hyrcanus II (76-38
B. O.). The Sanhedrim was com
posed of 70 or, as some say, 71 mem
bers ; was presided over by the high
priest; and exercised administrative
and judicial functions. After the de
struction of Jerusalem in 70 A. D., this
council led a migratory existence, and
finally established itself at Babylon.
It became wholly extinct in the year
425 A. D.—Kansas City Star.
Executed the Informers
Highwaymen and their depredations
were the cause of much trouble and
anxiety during the early part of the
last century in the region of northern
Mississippi. A reward of SSOO for the
capture of their leader was offered.
Two of the band turned traitors and
slew their chief to obtain the money.
They concluded to take the robber’s
head, for identification, to the town of
Natchez. The authorities paid over
the reward, and then arrested, tried
and executed the bandit®. As no heirs
appeared to claim their estate—con
sisting of the aforesaid SSO0 —the
money duly reverted to the treasury of
the commonwealth.
The Biters Bitten
A couple of city motorists, riding
near a farm orchard, stopped the car,
got out, climbed the wall and gath
ered half a peck of rosy apples. To
complete the “joke” they slowed down
as they went by the farmhouse and :
called out to the proprietor:
“We helped ourselves to your
apples, old man. Thought we’d tell
you.”
“Oh, that’s all right,” the farmer
called back, “I helped myself to your
tools while you were In the orchard.”
—Boston Transcript
“Cheshire Cat” Grin
Variously Explained
The expression, “to grin like a Ches
hire cat,” has never been satisfactorily
accounted for. It was popularized by
Lewis Carroll In his “Adventures of
Alice in Wonderland." In this pretty
story the Cheshire cat is a grinning
cat which makes its appearance to
give Alice advice. The first time the
cat suddenly disappears. But after
considerable persuasion by Alice the
cat returns and then disappears grad
ually and almost imperceptibly. The
last thing to vanish was the grin, says
the Detroit News.
It is said that cheese originally
made in Cheshire, England, was
Molded into forms like a grinning cat.
the word “Cheshire.” is pronounced
“Chesh-lr,” with the accent on the first
syllable and the “i” short as in “irri
tate.” There is also a humorous ex
planation of this phrase. Cheshire Is
one of those counties in England
known as counties palatine—that is,
the count or earl has certain royal
privileges. This idea, it is said, is so
funny to the cats in that region that
they are perpetually amused at it. A
person who shows his teeth when he
laughs Is said “to grin like a Cheshire
cat.” The expression is especially ap
plied to a forced or sneering smile.
“Healing” Powers of Flowers
Some quaint superstitions still lin
ger around many of the common flow
ers in rural parts of England.
Groundsel is said to be a certain
cure for toothache, but the root must
be dug up with an implement having
no iron in it, and the aching tooth
is then touched five times with the
root.
The juice of the red flower of va
lerian is a cure for splinters in the
flesh, while fennel flowers will heal
broken bones, or, if they need to be
glued together, the roots of Solomon’s
seal, ground up and drunk in ale, will
do the trick.
Eyebright is believed to be infalli
ble for treating all eye troubles, espe
cially failing eyesight, the rurals
pointing out that birds and animals
never suffered from bad eyes because
they peck at the eyebright.
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NATION HAS MUCH FOR WHICH WE
SHOULD GIVE THANKS THIS YEAR
Peace One of Many Blessings We
Enjoy, Says President—Thursda.y
November 27th, Day Set Apart
Washington, D. C.—President
Coolidge has issued a pioclamation
formally proclaiming Thursday, No
vember 27, as Thanksgiving day.
The proclamation urged that thanks
be given because the year had been
marked by a continuation of peace
whereby our country has entered into
a relationship of better understanding
with all the other nations of the earth
and because at home we have con
tinually had an improving state of
health, with industrial production
large and harvests bountiful. It fol
lows:
By the President of the United States
of America, a Proclamation:
We approach that season of the
year when it has been the custom
for the American people to give i
thanks for the good fortune which the |
bounty of providence, through the
generosity of nature, has visited upon
them. It is altogether a good custom.
It has the sanction of antiquity and
the approbation of our religious con
victions. In acknowleding the re
ceipt of divine favor, in contemplat
ing the blessings which have been
bestowed upon us, we shall reveal the
spiritual strength of the nation.
The year has been marked by a
continuation of peace whereby our
country has entered into a relation
ship of better understanding with all
the other nations of the earth. Other
ways have been revealed to us by
which we could perform very great
service through the giving of friendly
council, through the extension of
financial assistance and through the
exercise of a spirit of neighborly
kindliness to less favored peoples.
We should give thanks for the power
which has been given into our keep
ing, with which we have been able to
render these services to the rest of
mankind.
At home we have continually had
an improving state of the public
health. The production of our indus
tries has been large and our harvests
have been bountiful. We have been
remarkably free from disorder and
remarkably successful in all those
pursuits which flourish during a state
■ of domestic peace. An abundant pros
perity has overspread the land. We
shall do well to accept all these favors
and bounties with a becoming humil
ity and dedicate them to the service
of the righteous cause of the Giver
of all good and perfect gifts. As the
nation has prospered let all the peo
ple show that they are worthy to
prosper, by rededicating America to
the service of God and man.
Therefore, I Calvin Coolidge, presi
dent of the United States of Ameri
ca, hereby proclaim and fix Thursday,
the twenty-seventh day of November,
as a day for national thanksgiving.
I recommend that the people gather
in their places of worship, and at
family altars, and offer up their
thanks for goodness which has been
shown to them in such a multitude
of ways. Especially I urge them to
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supplicate the throne of grace that
they may gather strength from their
tribulations, that they may gain hu
mility from their victories, that they
i may bear without complaining the
i burdens that shall be placed upon
them, and they may be increasingly
worthy in all ways of the blessings
that shall come to them.
In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the great seal of the United
States.
Done, at the city of Washington,
this sth day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and twenty-four, and of the in
dependence of the United States, the
one hundred and forty-ninth.
(Seal) - CALVIN COOLIDGE.
By the president, Charles E. Hughes,
secretary of state.
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The only time a man has the last
word is when he says,“Go ahead and
bob it.”—Eldorado Times.
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The thermometer sometimes gets
very low, but it is never vulgar.
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Gloves: Before wearing new silk
gloves insert a small piece of cotton
batting into each finger. This will
prevent the nails cutting through.
Scrubbing; Always use cold water
for scrubbing boards. It is much
better than warm water as it will
not sink into the wood and dries very
quickly.
Lemon: Nothing is better for
whitening and softening hands than
a slice of lemon rubbed over them.
Stale Bread: To use stale bread
try this: Cut into slices about one
inch thick and spread lightly with
butter. Then cut the slices into
squares of about one inch. Brown
in a hot oven. You will find them
excellent for serving with soup.
Boiled Egg*: Place eggs which are
to be boiled in a sieve or wire basket
and lower into the boiling water.
When the eggs are cooked is is very
easy to lift out the sieve without
burning the fingers or cracking the
eggs.
Fruit Stain*: Tararic acid is ex
cellent for removing fruit stains from
tablecloths and napkins.